WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) reintroduced the Reuniting Families Act of 2025, legislation to strengthen protections for immigrant families and address long-standing problems in a family immigration system that hasn't seen meaningful reform in more than three decades. U.S. Representative Judy Chu (D-CA) introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives.

"Immigrant families currently experience unnecessary obstacles and delays due to our country's broken immigration system, keeping families separated for potentially long periods of time," said Senator Hirono. "By reducing family-based immigration backlogs and mak...